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"},{"text":"The report showed that US employers announced more than 97,000 job cuts in May 2026, making it the highest May layoff total since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020."},{"text":"Workforce reductions have increased steadily for three consecutive months, rising from 48,307 in February to 60,620 in March, 83,387 in April and over 97,000 in May."},{"text":"According to the report, artificial intelligence accounted for nearly 40 per cent of all announced layoffs in May -- highlighting the growing impact of automation on employment."},{"text":"The share of AI-related job cuts has risen sharply throughout the year, climbing from 7 per cent in January to 10 per cent in February, 25 per cent in March and 26 per cent in April before surging further in May."},{"text":"In May alone, companies attributed 38,579 job cuts to automation and AI adoption, the highest monthly figure since Challenger, Gray & Christmas began tracking AI-related layoffs in 2023. The latest numbers pushed the total count of AI-linked job cuts in 2026 to 87,714."},{"text":"The report noted that this figure has already exceeded the combined AI-related layoffs recorded in the previous two years, which stood at 54,836 in 2025 and 12,742 in 2024."},{"text":"“AI is now the leading reason companies give for cutting jobs,” said Andy Challenger, chief revenue officer of Challenger, Gray & Christmas, underscoring the accelerating role of automation in workforce restructuring."},{"text":"The technology sector emerged as the worst affected industry. US-based technology companies announced 38,242 job cuts in May, marking the highest monthly total since August 2024."},{"text":"On a year-to-date basis, layoffs in the technology sector have jumped 66 per cent to 1.23 lakh, making it the hardest-hit industry in the US job market."},{"text":"According to the report, the sector has recorded nearly three times as many job cuts as the next most affected industry."}]}}},"relatedArticles":{"edges":[{"node":{"uid":"qualcomm-set-for-global-job-cuts","data":{"third_party_url":null,"title":{"text":"Qualcomm Set for Global Job Cuts"},"img":{"url":"https://images.prismic.io/prad/Zu0T47VsGrYSvm99_qualacomm.JPG?auto=format,compress"},"datetime":"2026-10-20T13:30:00+0000"}}},{"node":{"uid":"63-us-lawmakers-seek-faster-green-cards","data":{"third_party_url":null,"title":{"text":"63 US lawmakers seek faster green 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